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Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) are frequently exposed to multiple systems of care and regularly face challenges with accessing the services they need due to the complex structure of California’s public behavioral health system. The Systems & Medicaid Committee (SMC) advocates for system integration to ensure persons with SMI have access to client-family driven, responsive, timely, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services. 

The initial focus of SMC is on California’s Medicaid Infrastructure, as the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Initiative provides a framework for the  Medicaid Section 1915(b) and 1115 Waivers with the goal to identify and manage risk through whole person care approaches to care, address social determinants of health, reduce complexity and increase flexibility in the Medi-Cal system, and improve quality outcomes and drive delivery system transformation through value-based initiatives and payment reform. Additionally, the SMC is focused on California Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) is an 1115 Waiver Demonstration takes advantage of federal funding to improve access and care for Medi-Cal members living with behavioral health conditions by expanding a robust continuum of community-based behavioral health care services. The Committee’s activities include exploring options for the future public behavioral health system, engaging with stakeholders, and influencing policy development for Medi-Cal. The major focus is on access, continuity of care, and outcomes for individuals with SMI and children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) as well as individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), while addressing all levels of care. The committee will also address integration and intersection of treatment with the following systems:​

• ​Physical Health Care
  
• Child Welfare
• Juvenile Justice
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• ​Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment​​​​
• Developmental Disabilities
• Aging
  

More Information on our purpose, mandates, goals, and members is contained in SMC Charter and SMC Work Plan 2024-2025.​

Upcoming S​​MC Meetings​​​​​​​​​

Quarterly Meeting​

• Date: June 19, 2025
  
• Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.​
• Location: DoubleTree Hotel Marina del Rey, Marina del Rey, CA
• Meeting agenda to be posted no less than 10 days prior to the meeting.
  

Please visit the Systems and Medicaid Committee Meeting​s Archive page for information on past meetings.​​